TYMPANIC

a. n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
a.

Like a tympanum or drum; acting like a drumhead; as, a tympanic membrane.

2.
a.

Of or pertaining to the tympanum. Tympanic bone (Anat.), a bone of the skull which incloses a part of the tympanum and supports the tympanic membrane. -- Tympanic membrane. (Anat.) See the Note under Ear.

3.
n.

The tympanic bone.

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